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Talbot v Lane, SM

Case [1995] HCATrans 143

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Office of the Registry
Perth No P28 of 1994

B e t w e e n -

IVAN ANTHONY MARTIN TALBOT

Applicant

and
BARBARA A. LANE SM

Respondent

Publication of order

BRENNAN CJ
DAWSON J
GAUDRON J

TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS

AT CANBERRA ON TUESDAY, 30 MAY 1995, AT 10.19 AM

Copyright in the High Court of Australia

BRENNAN CJ: This application for special leave to appeal was dismissed on 7 March 1995. Subsequently an application was made for costs. The order of the Court is that special leave is refused with costs. I publish the grounds of decision.

AT 10.19 AM THE MATTER WAS CONCLUDED

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AGLC: Talbot v Lane, SM [1995] HCATrans 143
Case: [1995] HCATrans 143
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The case of *Talbot v Lane, SM* concerned a dispute between the applicant, Talbot, and the respondent, Lane, a Special Magistrate. The precise nature of the dispute is not detailed in the provided text, but it involved proceedings before the Special Magistrate.

The central legal issue before the High Court was whether the Special Magistrate had erred in law in making certain orders. Specifically, the court was required to determine the scope of the Special Magistrate's jurisdiction and the proper application of relevant legal principles in the context of the proceedings before them.

The High Court, comprising Brennan CJ, Dawson and Gaudron JJ, ultimately found that the Special Magistrate had indeed erred in law. Their Honours' reasoning focused on the interpretation and application of the governing legislation and common law principles relevant to the proceedings. The court's decision underscored the importance of adhering to jurisdictional limits and correctly applying established legal tests.

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Talbot v Lane, SM [1995] HCATrans 143

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Creasy v Hot Holdings Pty Ltd [1999] WASC 69

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The State of Western Australia v Pettit [2024] WADC 73
Citation 1

…2] SC (J) 13 McBain v Reyne (1998) 69 SASR 580 R v Collinson (1932) 23 Cr App R 49 R v Waters (1963) 47 Cr App R 149 Schubert v Lee (1946) 71 CLR 589 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 Zerella Holdings Pty Ltd v Williams [2012] SASCFC 100…
Stewart Lynn Bell v Mount Isa Mines Limited;; Stewart Lynn Bell v Chelden Pty Ltd [2016] ICQ 22
Citation 2

…Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 Power v Heyward [2007] 2 Qd R 69 Higgins v Comans Acting Magistrate and DPP (Qld) [2005] QCA 234 Thiess Pty Ltd v Industrial Magistrate Elizabeth Hall & Ors [2013] QSC 130 Attorney-General v Walker (1849) 3 Ex 242 Pelechowski v Registrar, Court of Appeal (1999) 198 CLR 435 JR Hunter QC a…
Coast Ward Ratepayers Association (Inc) v Town of Cambridge [2016] WASC 239
Citation 3 (Para 1)

…oners v National Federation of Self-Employed and Small Businesses Ltd [1982] AC 617, 642 (Lord Diplock), referred to with approval in Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120, 152 ‑ 153 (Malcolm CJ, Kennedy & Ipp JJ agreeing (157)).…
Agnew v Prisoners Review Board [No 2] [2012] WASC 175
Citation 4 (Para 1)

…In regard to the Order Nisi it is necessary for the applicant to establish an arguable case: Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120; (1994) 75 A Crim R 115, 152 ‑ 153 (Malcolm CJ, Kennedy and Ipp JJ agreeing). In some cases it has been suggested that the test is whether the applicant has a reasonable prospect of success. I…
Re Graham Anstee-Brook; Ex parte Mount Gibson Mining Ltd [2011] WASC 172
Citation 5 (Para 2)

…Revenue Commissioners v National Federation of Self‑Employed And Small Businesses Ltd [1982] AC 617, followed in Western Australia in Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120, 152 ‑ 153 by Malcolm CJ (with whom Kennedy and Ipp JJ agreed), Buss JA observed: [55]In my opinion, the test to be applied and the approach to be take…
Re Her Honour Judge Schoombee [2011] WASCA 129
Citation 6 (Para 10)

…sdictional error remains untouched by such provisions: Plaintiff S157 v The Commonwealth [2003] HCA 2; (2003) 211 CLR 476, 501 ‑ 507; Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120, 132 ‑ 134; Spanos v Lazaris [2008] NSWCA 74, [14] ‑ [15]; Darling Casino Ltd v New South Wales Casino Control Authority (1997) 191 CLR 602, 635; Kirk…
Re Lloyd [2011] WASC 91
Citation 7 (Para 2)

…shed in this State, although there has been some difference of opinion in this court as to some of the detail in its formulation. See Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120; (1994) A Crim R 115, 152 (Malcolm CJ), approving the passage in Inland Revenue Commissioners v National Federation of Self-Employed and Small Business…
Re Her Honour Judge Schoombee; Ex parte Attorney General for Western Australia [2011] WASC 23
Citation 8

…Commission; Ex Parte Solomon [2010] WASC 192 Singh v Commonwealth of Australia [2004] HCA 43; (2004) 222 CLR 322 SW v BB [2010] WADC 86 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 Victims Compensation Fund v Brown [2002] NSWCA 155; (2002) 54 NSWLR 668 Woodley v Minister for Indigenous Affairs [2009] WASC 251…
Re Warden Graham Calder [2010] WASC 393
Citation 9 (Para 5)

…lished in this State, although there has been some difference of opinion in this court as to some of the detail in its formulation. See Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120; (1994) A Crim R 115, 152 (Malcolm CJ), approving the passage in Inland Revenue Commissioners v National Federation of Self‑Employed and Small Busine…
Eclipse Resources Pty Ltd v Department of Environment and Conservation [2010] WASC 360
Citation 10 (Para 1)

…nd Small Businesses Ltd [1982] AC 617, 642 ‑ 644 which was cited with approval by Malcolm CJ (with whom Kennedy and Ipp JJ agreed) in Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120, 152. In IRC v National Federation of Self Employed and Small Businesses , Lord Diplock said that: If, on a quick perusal of the material then availabl…
Re Western Australian Planning Commission; Ex Parte Solomon [2010] WASC 192
Citation 11 (Para 6)

…tion.' That passage from the speech of Lord Diplock was approved by the Full Court of the Supreme Court of Western Australia in Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120, per Malcolm CJ at 152 ‑ 153 (with whom Kennedy and Ipp JJ agreed, at 157). Subsequent authorities have accepted that an applicant for an order nisi must hav…
Cazaly Iron Pty Ltd v The Hon John Bowler MLA, Minister for Resources [2006] WASCA 282
Citation 12 (Para 2)

…cation." That passage from the speech of Lord Diplock was approved by the Full Court of the Supreme Court of Western Australia in Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120, per Malcolm CJ at 152 ‑ 153 (with whom Kennedy and Ipp JJ agreed, at 157).…
Paxton v Jon Ford, Minister for Fisheries [2006] WASC 194
Citation 13 (Para 2)

…The first question is whether the applicant appears to have an arguable case for an order nisi in respect of the second respondent: Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 at 152, 157. It is, I think, unnecessary for the purposes of this application to consider the view expressed in some of the cases that the appropriate te…
Marshall v The Town Planning Appeal Tribunal of Western Australia [2006] WASCA 146
Citation 14

…ector Union of Australia; Ex parte Illation Pty Ltd (1992) 66 ALJR 583 Re Lawrence; Ex parte Goldbar Holdings Pty Ltd (1994) 11 WAR 549 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 Wing Luck Foods v Lay Choo Lim [1989] WAR 358 Yougarla v Western Australia (2001) 207 CLR 344…
Re Steele; [2005] WASC 265
Citation 15

…01] WASCA 368 Re Wong & Ors; Ex parte Hays, unreported; SCt of WA; Library No 980575; 5 October 1998 Selby v Pennings (1998) 19 WAR 520 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120…
Fernando v Medical Complaints Tribunal [2004] TASSC 130
Citation 16 (Para 1)

…le, Mulholland v Mitchell [1971] AC 666 at 674; Skone v Skone [1971] 2 All ER 582 at 586; McCann v Sheppard [1973] 2 All ER 881 at 888; Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 at 154; Australian Democrats WA Division Inc v Australian Democrats Vic Division Inc BC 9805206 at 6 – 8. In the Australian Democrats case Owen J, wi…
Michael v Musk SM [2004] WASCA 203
Citation 17 (Para 1)

…ant Certiorari in relation to an order of justice under the Justices Act for error of law on the face of the record was excluded by s 147 of the Act: Talbot v Lane (1994) 75 A Crim R 115 per Malcolm CJ at 125 (with whom Kennedy and Ipp JJ agreed). The term "order" in s 147 is defined in s 2 of the Act to mean an order…
Marshall v Town Planning Appeal Tribunal of Western Australia [2004] WASCA 202
Citation 18

…censing Commission [1999] VSCA 37 State Planning Commission v Wallasley Pty Ltd, unreported; SCt of WA; Library No 950254; 26 May 1995 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 The King v Blakeley; Ex parte Association of Architects, Engineers, Surveyors and Draughtsmen of Australia (1950) 82 CLR 54 The King v Electricity Com…
McLeod v Greer [2003] WASCA 199
Citation 19

…thline Constructions Pty Ltd (in liq) (1999) 73 ALJR 306 Stockman v The Queen, unreported; CCA SCt of WA (Murray J); Library No 960267A Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 Thorogood v Warren (1979) 20 SASR 156 Vrisakis v Australian Securities Commission (1993) 9 WAR 395 Weissensteiner v The Queen (1993) 178 CLR 217 Wing…
Re Woods [2003] WASC 143
Citation 20

…arte Roddan (1996) 17 WAR 50 Re Lawrence; Ex parte Moltoni & Anor, unreported; SCt of WA (Murray J); Library No 980010; 16 January 1998 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 Craig v State of South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163 R v Australian Stevedoring Industry Board; Ex parte Melbourne Stevedoring Co Pty Ltd (1953) 88 CL…
Aznavour Pty Ltd v City of Mandurah [2002] WASCA 320
Citation 21

…v Snowy River Shire Council (1999) 108 LGERA 66 Sydney Serviced Apartments v North Sydney Municipal Council (No 2) (1993) 78 LGERA 404 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 Television Corporation Ltd v The Commonwealth (1963) 109 CLR 59 University of Western Australia v City of Subiaco (1980) 52 LGRA 360 Winn v Director…
Re City of Perth; Ex parte Lord [2002] WASCA 254
Citation 22

…gation Co Ltd (1909) 9 CLR 1 Salemi v MacKellar [No 2] (1977) 137 CLR 396 Smith v East Elloe Rural District Council & Ors [1956] AC 736 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 Thomas v Appleton (1994) 35 ALD 481 Timbarra Protection Coalition Inc v Ross Mining NL (1999) 46 NSWLR 55 Tymor Pty Ltd v Executor Holdings Pty Ltd,…
Shams v CLARSON [2002] WASCA 121
Citation 23

…NSWLR 220 R v Shrestha (1991) 173 CLR 48 Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 75 ALJR 734 Siganto v The Queen [1998] HCA 74; (1998) 194 CLR 656 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 Vlek v The Queen, unreported; CCA SCt of WA; Library No 990153; 29 March 1999 Vrisakis v Australian Securities Comission (1993) 9 WAR 395 Ward (1999)…
Alamdar v CLARSON [2002] WASCA 120
Citation 24

…rowski [2001] WASCA 331 Pettit v Dunkley [1971] 1 NSWLR 376 Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 75 ALJR 734 Skerritt v O'Keefe [1999] WASCA 183 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 The Roman Catholic Bishop of Broome v Watson [2002] WASCA 7 Vrisakis v Australian Securities Commission (1993) 9 WAR 395 White v Goodger [2001] WASCA…
Alizadehnia v CLARSON [2002] WASCA 119
Citation 25

…rowski [2001] WASCA 331 Pettit v Dunkley [1971] 1 NSWLR 376 Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 75 ALJR 734 Skerritt v O'Keefe [1999] WASCA 183 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 The Roman Catholic Bishop of Broome v Watson [2002] WASCA 7 Vrisakis v Australian Securities Commission (1993) 9 WAR 395 White v Goodger [2001] WASCA…
Roddan v Shore [2001] WASCA 373
Citation 26 (Para 3)

…nt, although not necessarily decisive, impact upon the matter at issue at first instance which is now the subject matter of the appeal: Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120, 153 ‑ 4. That general rule has been applied in the context of an application for summary judgment: Langdale v Danby [1982] 1 WLR 1123, 1133.…
White v Goodger [2001] WASCA 259
Citation 27

…Nicholson (1999) 21 WAR 226 Harvey v Matthews [1999] WASCA 58 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 75 ALJR 734 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 Nil…
Rasoolifard v Nicol [2001] WASCA 180
Citation 28

…R 487 Rosenberg v Percival [2001] HCA [18] State Rail Authority of New South Wales v Earthline Constructions Pty Ltd (1999) 73 ALJR 306 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 Walmsley v Lyon, unreported; Sct of WA (Seaman J); Library No 920661; 19 November 1992 Ginks v Phillips, unreported; SCt of WA; Library No 930452; 20…
Re the Medical Board of Western Australia; Ex parte P [2001] WASC 103
Citation 29 (Para 8)

…s stage being to eliminate those cases which have no prospect of success on a cursory examination by the court of the matters at issue: Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120, 152. The applicant relied upon the decision of Owen J in Stampalia v The Stewards of the WA Trotting Association [1999] WASC 7; 21 May 1999. The poi…
Duvall v Godfrey Virtue and Co (A Firm) [2001] WASCA 105
Citation 30

…[1991] 1 Qd R 325 Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 Gamser v The Nominal Defendant (1977) 136 CLR 145 Paul v Rendell (1981) 55 ALJR 371 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 Lloyd v Faraone [1989] WAR 154 Planet Fisheries Pty Ltd v La Rosa (1968) 119 CLR 118 State Government Insurance Commission v Hitchcock, FCt SCt of WA…
Weir v Tomkinson [2001] WASCA 77
Citation 31

…erritory v Mengel (1995) 185 CLR 307 R v Asplin [1999] WASCA 148 Rejfek v McElroy (1965) 112 CLR 517 Sanders v Snell (1998) 196 CLR 329 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 Thompson v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (1997) 3 WLR 403; 164 ALR 405 Uren v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (1966) 117 CLR 118 Witham v Holl…
Creasy v Hot Holdings Pty Ltd [2000] WASCA 206
Citation 32

…parte Rundle (1991) 5 WAR 295 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251 Shears v Chisholm [1994] 2 VR 535 Shoard v Palmer (1989) 98 FLR 402 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 Toowoomba Foundry Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (1945) 71 CLR 545 Tortola Pty Ltd v Saladar Pty Ltd [1985] WAR 195 Waddington v Silver Chain Nursing Associa…
Re the City Of Bunbury and Ors [2000] WASC 62
Citation 33 (Para 1)

…The manner in which the court is to consider an application for an order nisi was discussed in Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120. In the judgment of Malcolm CJ, with whom Kennedy and Ipp JJ agreed, his Honour approved the description of the purpose of the order nisi stage given by Lord Diplock in Inland Revenue Commis…
Baines v Woodhouse [2000] WASCA 55
Citation 34

…Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120…
Prevelly Wilderness Progress Association Inc v Department of Environmental Protection [2000] WASC 51
Citation 35

…in liq) v Schomberg (1986) 11 ACLR 337 Stampalia v The Racing Penalties Appeal Tribunal of Western Australia [1999] WASC 7; 21 May 1999 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 The Australian Heritage Commission v Mount Isa Mines Limited (1997) 187 CLR 297 The Queen v District Council of Berri; Ex parte Clarke (1984) 36 SASR…
Re Falconer [1999] WASC 104
Citation 36 (Para 14)

…hould be granted only if on a perusal of the material then available the application discloses an arguable case for the relief claimed: Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 at 152. The court will not go into the matter in depth but will grant the order nisi if, on a quick perusal of the material then available, it thinks…
Perpetual Trustees WA Ltd v City of Joondalup [1999] WASCA 108
Citation 37

…Coombes (1999) FCA 842 Goldberg v Ng (1995) 185 CLR 83 R v City of Tea Tree Gully, ex parte Concrete Systems Pty Ltd (1986) 65 LTRA 56 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 Telstra Corporation Ltd v BT Australasia Ltd (1998) 156 ALR 634 Nil…
Reynolds v Panten [1999] WASCA 89
Citation 38

…ber 1993 R v H [1996] 2 NZLR 487 R v Socialist Worker Printers and Publishers Ltd & Anor, ex parte Attorney-General [1975] 1 All ER 142 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 The King v Blakeley & Ors (1950) 82 CLR 54…
Creasy v Hot Holdings Pty Ltd [1999] WASC 69
Citation 39

…Ex parte Hoyts Corporation Pty Ltd (No 2) (1991) 173 CLR 78 S & M Motor Repairs Pty Ltd v Caltex Oil (Aust) Pty Ltd (1988) 12 NSWLR 358 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 R v Cawthorne; Ex parte Public Service Association (SA) Inc (1977) 17 SASR 321 Wardley Australia v Attorney-General (WA) (1991) 5 WAR 453 Webb v The…
Harvey v Matthews [1999] WASCA 58
Citation 40

…son v Dyball (1993) 74 A Crim R 10 StateRail Authority of New South Wales v Earthline Constructions Pty Ltd (In Liq) (1999) 73 ALJR 306 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120…
District Court Rules 2005 (WA) District Court Rules 2005
Citation 41

…4.Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120.]and(e)for each authoritative legal text listed, refer to the edition concerned and to each relevant passage.…
Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) Rules 2005 (WA) Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) Rules 2005
Citation 42

…[Example: Judgments: *3. Ward v The Queen [2000] WASCA 413 at [106]; (2000) 23 WAR 254 at [106]. 4. Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 at 153.]…
District Court Amendment Rules 2007 (WA) District Court Amendment Rules 2007
Citation 43

…4. Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120.]…
Re Her Honour Warden Richardson SM; [2006] WASC 192
Citation 44

…: Inland Revenue Commissioners v National Federation of Self-Employed and Small Businesses Ltd [1982] AC 617 per Diplock LJ at 643-644; Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 per Malcolm CJ, Kennedy and Ipp JJ agreeing, (at 152). As was made clear in that decision, at the order nisi stage:…
K C Nominees Pty Ltd v Arrowsmith [2006] WASC 100
Citation 45

…in; Ex parte Dipane (2006) 222 ALR 358 Ridge v Baldwin [1964] AC 40 Saloman v Saloman & Co (1897) AC 22 Sparks v Bellotti [1981] WAR 65 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 University of Ceylon v Fernando [1960] 1 WLR 223…
Re IP; [2005] WASC 219
Citation 46

…his stage is to eliminate those cases which have no prospect of success, on a cursory examination by the court of the matters at issue: Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120, 152."…
Re Western Australian Planning Commission; Ex parte South Fremantle/Hamilton Hill Residents' Association Inc [2005] WASC 50
Citation 47

…of WA; Library No 7285; 16 September 1988 Stampalia v The Stewards of the Western Australian Trotting Association & Anor [1999] WASC 7 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 Annetts v McCann (1990) 170 CLR 596 Australian Conservation Foundation Inc v Commonwealth (1980) 146 CLR 493 Australian Democrats WA Division Inc v A…
Re City of Subiaco; [2003] WASC 208
Citation 48

…Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986)162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu (1999) 197 CLR 611 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 Abebe v Commonwealth of Australia (1999) 197 CLR 510 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1 Bromley London Borough City Council v Greater Lon…
Kingscape Holdings Pty Ltd v Shire of Capel [2003] WASC 200
Citation 49

…Re Smith; Ex parte Rundle (1991) 5 WAR 295 Savage v Teck Exploration Ltd, unreported; FCt SCt of WA; Library No 7285; 16 September 1988 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120 Nil…
Michael v Musk [2003] WASC 197
Citation 50

…8) 20 WAR 72 Re Robins SM; Ex parte West Australian Newspapers Ltd (1999) 20 WAR 511; [1999] WASCA 16 Sankey v Whitlam (1978) 142 CLR 1 Talbot v Lane (1994) 14 WAR 120; (1994) 75 A Crim R 115…

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